Exploring connections of the supervisors in supervision

Four therapists have worked closely in a professional support group. More r ecently attention has been given to the group processes and internal experi ences of the group itself. An observation of the four members of this group is that the group process has allowed for peer validation, fortuitously re sulting in their professional identities shifting and evolving. They have b ecome curious about the interface between and the integration of personal a nd professional facets of the therapist's self. A resulting discovery has b een that the very mechanisms which disconnect the therapist "out there" may serve to promote connection in the support group.